THE CANADA LUTHERAN. 3 PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. The Rev. J. J. Clemens, B.D., Editor-in- Mr. J. A. Loa, Circulation Manager and Chief, 250 Lyon Street, Ottawa, Ont. Treasurer, 104 Stanley Avenue, Ottawa, The Rev. C. A. Dennig, Williamsburg, Ont. Ont. The Rev. P. C. Wike, Galt, Ont. Mr. A. H. Casselman, Advertising Manager, Associate Editors. Morrisburg, Ont. gatherings,--perhaps this was because their meetings were more conventional and sedate than the Church Councils! To-day every one convenes. The governors and the governed hold conventions. The premiers and parliamentarians convene. So do the janitors and the chimney-sweepers. The athletes of the world convene in Olympic games. The doctors, lawyers and undertakers have their national societies. So do the interior decorators, the canary breeders, the vacuum cleaners, the amalgamated organ pumpers, the institute of pie-makers, the ancient order of weary-willies and beggars, and innumerable other bodies. Some one has said that the .chief object of most conventions is to elect officers and choose a meeting place for next year, and that entertaining conventions is a profitable business for many cities. Conventions are usually let out to the highest bidder and two banquets, an automobile ride around the city, a steamboat excursion, a smoker and a two-pound badge, together with a speech by the mayor, are necessary to land the shyest and most diffident body. Such may be the case with conventions of a worldly nature, and with worldly objects. Such were not, however, the attractions, nor the purpose, which brought us together at Humberstone-Port Colborne. It was in the interest of the Church, the Bride of Christ--the greatest moral. social and spiritual factor in the world, that we met together. May He, who is the Head of the Church, in whose name we have planned, and labored, over-rule our shortcomings and mistakes, and help us to carry out the resolutions adopted, which meet with His favor and are according to His will. When we meet together in His spirit, and name, then, also: "When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain, But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again." ti WANTED--A few more efficient Sunday School teachers for boys and girls. who would come to Sunday School if their parents or some one urged them. Just a word with regard to Our Future. the future of our publication. With this issue our first volume comes to a close. Our paper has been well received, and the Synod, at its recent convention, has decided that its publication be continued. We thank all who have contributed toward its success in the past, and herewith kindly ask for your interest and assistance in the future, which is needed in order to 'assure the permanency of our publication. If all the pastors of our Synod will, besides continuing monthly to send in their parish news notes and items of general interest, also appoint a "Canada Lutheran" Committee to solicit subscriptions in their parishes, we would greatly appreciate this favor. Unless new subscription lists are received from the parishes, or a notice of discontinuance of the paper, from individual subscribers, we shall continue to send it to all subscribers now on our lists. If you have not paid for the first year's subscription, kindly forward the same at once to your local agent, or to our new Treasurer, together with 50 cents for the second year's subscription; for which we thank you in advance. We bespeak success for the two new laymembers of the Publication Committee, while we heartily thank the retiring members for their interest and cooperation in the past. Reports. We are grateful to the correspondents from the various societies, for the reports of the recent conventions, which we gladly publish in this issue, in the hope they may be read with interest by all our readers. LOST--By Idler, from Lazyville, a casket full of golden minutes, each studded with sixty diamond seconds. As the costly treasure was lost in or near the slough of Idleness, it may be considered irretrievably lost. But the loser can make up for the loss, by devoting his time and energies hereafter, in the service of the King of kings.